News & Analysis as of

Public Health General Assembly

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Gold Dome Report - Legislative Day 40 (Sine Die) - April 2025

Like air out of a balloon, the Georgia General Assembly concluded its 2025 Legislative Session on Friday with an exasperated but exhausted "PFFFFffffT." While many lawmakers and lobbyists floated through the halls during the...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Gold Dome Report - Legislative Day 3 - January 2025

Wednesday marked “Keeping Georgia Wild Day” at the State Capitol, and while the moniker might elicit a variety of memories from lawmakers and lobbyists of shenanigans under the Gold Dome, the day’s festivities were focused on...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Gold Dome Report - Legislative Day 30 - March 2024

Show us the money! In an early morning meeting on Tuesday, the House Appropriations Committee and its subcommittees unveiled the House version of the FY 2025 Budget. While there are many goodies in the $36.1 billion spending...more

Maynard Nexsen

The Future of DHEC is No Longer Pending

Maynard Nexsen on

In September 2021, Nexsen Pruet published an article titled “The Future of DHEC Still Pending at the General Assembly?” Now two years later, S. 399—a bill that would split and splinter South Carolina’s largest state agency...more

Maynard Nexsen

"The Future of DHEC Still Pending at the General Assembly?"

Maynard Nexsen on

As the Charleston Post and Courier reported on September 11 in an in-depth article by Avery Wilks, employees at the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) have been and continue to be under...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Gold Dome Report — Sine Die Wrap-Up

Just after midnight, the 2021 Legislative Session concluded with many legislative measures sneaking in under the wire—and many others lying dead on the House and Senate floors. The House and Senate compromise on the FY22...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Gold Dome Report — Legislative Day 36

The General Assembly kicked off the penultimate week of the 2021 Legislative Session early this morning with a number of committee meetings preceding early afternoon convenings of both chambers. Perhaps the most watched of...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Gold Dome Report — Legislative Day 34

There was green aplenty under the Gold Dome today, but the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow remains to be seen as Senate budget writers still deliberate the final touches on their version of the FY 2022 Budget. The House...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Gold Dome Report — Legislative Day 33

Seven legislative days remain in the 2021 Legislative Session, but you would not believe it based on House and Senate floor action today. Neither chamber held floor votes on any legislation, with the sole bill on the House...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Gold Dome Report — Legislative Day 30

Work was swift today in both chambers as lawmakers adjourned quickly in an effort to move to committee discussions on pending legislation. Deliberations are intensifying on HB 81, the proposed spending plan for the state’s FY...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Gold Dome Report — Legislative Day 20

Monday marked the nominal halfway point of the 2021 Legislative Session, but there is a keen awareness among lawmakers and lobbyists that more than half of the legislature’s work for the year lies in the legislative days to...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Gold Dome Report — Legislative Day 19

Legislative Day 19 felt particularly cold, wet, and sleepy as legislators wrapped up a short week that was filled to the brim with committee meetings and actions. But before most members headed for the exits, the chambers did...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Gold Dome Report — Legislative Day 18

Education was the theme on the floors of the Georgia House and Senate today as each body approved measures impacting K-12 teachers and students around the state. The Senate signed off on two such bills, including Governor...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Gold Dome Report — Legislative Day 17

Freezing temperatures and the threat of icy roads couldn’t keep legislators away from the Gold Dome as they kicked off yet another week of the Session. Both chambers OK’d a small slate of bills followed by a packed afternoon...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Gold Dome Report — Legislative Day 15

The Georgia General Assembly is over halfway to Crossover Day, and new legislation continues to fill the hoppers each day. In these first 15 days of the 2021 Legislative Session, lawmakers have introduced 746 propositions —...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Gold Dome Report — Legislative Day 14

Legislative Day 14 was a bit like Christmas for lawmakers and lobbyists under the Gold Dome. Everyone got something — a Senate vote on the Amended FY21 Budget (which now proceeds to the House for reconciliation), a House vote...more

McGuireWoods Consulting

North Carolina General Assembly Week in Review - February 2021 #1

North Carolina lawmakers have not wasted any time jumping back into work for the 2021 legislative session, packing this week with committee meetings, floor votes, and plenty of bill filings. This week also started with a...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Gold Dome Report — Legislative Day 12

The big news today was the movement on the FY 2021 Amended Budget as the Senate Appropriations Committee moved its version on HB 80 forward this morning. This spending plan for the state includes much of what was proposed by...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Gold Dome Report — Legislative Day 8

Before the crack of the dawn, legislators were under the Gold Dome to continue their work for the people of Georgia. The Senate Appropriations Human Development Subcommittee kicked off discussions with a hearing at 6:30 a.m....more

Clark Hill PLC

Insight on Illinois - January 2021 #2

Clark Hill PLC on

It’s a time of transition, both in Washington DC and in Springfield. Nationally, the Biden Administration is filling out its Cabinet and other appointments. In Springfield, newly-minted Speaker Welch is working through new...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Gold Dome Report — Legislative Day 7

Topics of conversation today under the Gold Dome covered a variety of policies from vaccine availability and distribution, to the FY 2021 Amended Budget, and casinos and horse racing. Georgia schools are pressing for vaccines...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Gold Dome Report — Budget Hearings, Day 3

The General Assembly’s Appropriations Committees resumed today on their work around the Governor’s recommendations for FY 2021 Amended and FY 2022 budgets. Today’s focal points were the state’s health and human services’...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Gold Dome Report — Legislative Day 4

The General Assembly closed the first week of its 2021 Legislative Session with a look ahead at Governor Kemp’s plans for the State’s budgets and his expected legislative initiatives. Before a joint session of the House and...more

Bricker Graydon LLP

Ohio Legislature grants qualified immunity to schools for COVID-19 related lawsuits

Bricker Graydon LLP on

On September 2, 2020, the Ohio General Assembly enacted House Bill 606, a measure that provides widespread qualified immunity to various groups, including schools, for liability related to COVID-19. Once Governor DeWine...more

Husch Blackwell LLP

Colorado Lawmakers Expand Paid Leave, Whistleblower Protections

Husch Blackwell LLP on

Evidently accepting Winston Churchill’s advice that one should never let a good crisis go to waste, the Colorado General Assembly passed, and Governor Polis has signed, two laws that, on their face, appear designed to address...more

33 Results
 / 
View per page
Page: of 2

"My best business intelligence, in one easy email…"

Your first step to building a free, personalized, morning email brief covering pertinent authors and topics on JD Supra:
*By using the service, you signify your acceptance of JD Supra's Privacy Policy.
- hide
- hide